G/TBT/N/ECU/349  
8 April 2019 
(19-2238) Page: 1/3 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  Spanish  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6.  
 
1. Notifying Member : ECUADOR  
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:  
Servicio Ecuatoriano de Normalización , INEN (Ecuadorian Standardization Service)  
Calle Baquerizo Moreno E8 -29 y Diego de Almagro  
Tel.: (+593 -2) 3825960/90  
Website: http://www.normalizacion.gob.ec/  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above:  
Subsecretaría de Calidad  (Under -Secretariat for Quality)  
Ministerio de Producción, Comercio Exterior, Inversiones y Pesca , MPCEIP (Ministry of 
Production, Foreign Trade, Investment and Fisheries)  
Address : Av. Amazonas entre Unión Nacional de Periodistas y Alfonso Pereira, Piso 8, 
Bloque amarillo  
Tel.: (+593 2) 3948760 Ext. 2254 and 2272  
Email:  
puntocontactoOTCECU@produccion.gob.ec  
puntocontactoO TCECU@gmail.com  
aramon@produccion.gob.ec  
cyepez@produccion.gob.ec  
jsanchez@produccion.gob.ec  
Website: http://www.industrias.gob.ec/  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [ ], 5.6.2 [ ], 5.7.1 [ ], other:   
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN  where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading . ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable) : Combined 
refrigerator -freezers, fitted with separate external doors (HS 841810) ; Compression -type 
(HS 841821) ; Other (HS 841829) ; Freezers of the chest type, not exceeding 800 l 
capacity (HS 841830) ; Freezers of the upright type, not exceeding 900 l capacity (HS 
8418.40).  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : Proyecto de 
Primera Revisión del Reglamento Técnico Ecua toriano PRTE INEN 009 (1R) "Aparatos de 
uso doméstico para producción de frío"  (Draft first revision (1R) of Ecuadorian 
Standardization Institute Technical Regulation (PRTE INEN) No. 009 "Household 
refrigerating appliances") (14 pages, in Spanish)  G/TBT/N/ECU/349  
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  6. Desc ription of content : The notified draft Technical Regulation establishes the 
requirements to be met by household refrigerating appliances, prior to the marketing of 
domestic and imported products, with the aim of protecting human safety and the 
environment,  and preventing misleading practices.  
The notified Technical Regulation applies to the following products:  
1. Frost-free and non -frost-free refrigerators;  
2. Refrigerators with or without low -temperature compartment or cellar 
compartment;  
3. Refrigerator -freezers ; and 
4. Frost-free and non -frost-free freezers  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable : Consumer information ; labelling, prevention of misleading practices ; 
consumer protection ; protection  of human health and safety ; protection of the 
environment.  
8. Relevant documents:  
Regulatory references:  
1. ISO 2859 -1:1999+Amd 1:2011, Sampling procedures for inspection by attributes 
- Part 1 : Sampling schemes indexed by acceptance quality limit (AQL) for lot -by-lot 
inspection;  
2. ISO 9227:2017, Corrosion tests in artificial atmospheres -- Salt spray tests;  
3. ISO 10289:1999, Methods for corrosion testing of metallic and other inorganic 
coatings on metallic substrates -- Rating of test specimens and man ufactured articles 
subjected to corrosion tests;  
4. ISO/IEC 17067:2013, Conformity assessment -- Fundamentals of product 
certification and guidelines for product certification schemes;  
5. Ecuadorian Technical Standard NTE INEN 2206 (4R):2019, Aparatos de 
refrigeración domésticos . Requisitos y métodos de ensayo ; 
6. Ecuadorian Technical Standard NTE IN EN-IEC 62552:2014, Artefactos domésticos 
de refrigeración - Características y métodos de ensayo . 
TRACEABILITY:  
1. G/TBT/N/ECU/34  
2. G/TBT/N/ECU/34/Add.1  
3. G/TBT/N/ECU/34/Add.2  
4. G/TBT/N/ECU/34/Add.3  
5. G/TBT/N/ECU/34/Rev.1  
6. G/TBT/N/ECU/34/Rev.1/Add.1  
7. G/TBT/N/ECU/34/Rev.1/Add.2  
8. G/TBT/N/ECU/34/Rev.1/Add.2/Corr.1  
9. Proposed date of adoption : 165 days from the date of notification  
Proposed date of entry into force : 180 days from date of adoption  
10. Final date for comments : 60 days from the date of notification  G/TBT/N/ECU/349  
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  11. Texts available from : National enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available, of other body:  
Contact and/or National Enquiry Point:  
Subsecretaría de Calidad  (Under -Secretariat for Quality)  
Ministerio de Producción, Comercio Exterior, Inversiones y Pesca , MPCEIP (Ministry of 
Production, Foreign Trade, Investment and Fisheries)  
Address : Av. Amazonas entre Unión Nacional de Periodistas y Alfonso Pereira, Piso 8, 
Bloque amarillo  
Tel.: (+593 2) 3948760 Ext. 2254 and 2272  
Email:  
puntocontactoOTCECU@produccion.gob.ec  
puntocontactoO TCECU@gmail.com  
aramon@produccion.gob.ec  
cyepez@produccion.gob.ec  
jsanchez@produccion.gob.ec  
http://www.normalizacion.gob.ec/  
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